About Mahindra Spark the Rise Driverless Car Challenge

The Mahindra Group of Companies has launched a new innovation for the youth of India to develop a working unit of a driverless car for Indian Conditions.

Spark the Rise was launched in the year 2011.

What basically is the concept of driverless car?

Today, when our lives have become overly busy and dependent on automobiles like cars, there is also a significant change in our lives which is becoming stressful and full of fatigue. The stressful driver of today and added to it the condition of Indian roads have become a leading source of road accidents in the country.

With the innovation of auto pilots in plane, the Mahindra group of industries has sought out to introduce a similar concept with the most used automobile that is auto car.

It is this belief that has driven the setting up of Spark the Rise and now, the Rise Prize. The Rise Prize is a logical extension of the Mahindra brand philosophy/purpose of “challenging conventional thinking to drive positive change for all stakeholders”. Through the Rise Prize, Mahindra hopes to catalyze disruptive innovations from India.

The ‘challenge’ is to develop and demonstrate a driverless car working model that is :

Mahindra Spark the Rise Driverless Car Challenge Eligibility Criteria

Gender

Both

Region

India

Class/ Age

People of all ages can participate provided that the Team Leader is above 18 Years

Details

People can participate as individuals, teams ,Institutions on the condition that the work done in developing the technology & solving the challenge is carried out within the geographical regions of India.

A team can consist of a maximum 20 members.

Organizations like foreign universities, Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies, foreign colleges and campuses lying inside the geographical boundaries of India can participate.

Any non-Indian residing in India and associated with an Indian organization or institution, an Indian subsidiary of a foreign company, or Indian campuses of foreign schools or universities can also participate provided the fact that the work is carried out in India.

Candidates must be registered with sparktherise.com

An Institute can have more than one team representing them in the challenge.

Mahindra Spark the Rise Driverless Car Challenge Reward

Total Prize money available for the challenge is $700,000, the challenge is to build a driverless car that can revolutionize transportation in India.

Prize will be paid out in Indian Rupees.

Maximum two prizes would be given out.

Other Benefits are

Meeting with industry experts, potential mentors, and join a growing community of innovation stars in India.

Get privileged access to events across the country, and take part in webinars, Twitter chats, and Google Hangouts.

Free access to Mahindra's resources section for the latest updates on the innovation landscape in India.